This document is the conference program and abstracts for the annual meeting: “The Commons and the Commonwealth” of the American Folklore Society held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Louisville, KY on October 22-26, 2008.

This document is the conference program and abstracts for the annual meeting: “Examining the Ethics of Place” of the American Folklore Society held at the Boise Centre in Boise, Idaho on October 21-24, 2009.